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TRIP PLANNING
a. Participate in two one-night campouts with your chapter. b. Keep a log of each trip. c. Afterward, discuss the first trip, telling good and bad points. Use this discussion to plan second and other trips. |
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EQUIPMENT AND SHELTER
a. Demonstrate how to select and properly pack your gear and equipment for an overnight campout. b. Show how to select and leave in good order a tent site. c. Pitch a tent. d. Make a piece of equipment for your own use, such as a ground cloth, survival kit, poncho, etc. e. Help make or repair some piece of group gear or equipment. |
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ROPECRAFT
a. Demonstrate at least two types of lashing. b. Learn about three kinds of rope and properties of each. |
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TOOLCRAFT
a. Show tha you know how to properly select, use, and care for the tools necessary to carry out a one-night trip. b. Demonstrate proper selection, use, and care of any seath knife. |
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FIRECRAFT
a. Build a trench fire. b. Put out your fire and clean up the fire site. |
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COOKING
a. Plan and cook a well-balanced outdoor meal. |
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FIRST-AID
a. List of items needed for a small personal first aid kit. b. Know what to do for treatment of contact with poison ivy. |
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SAFETY AND SANITATION
a. Show that you know how to build a simple latrine. b. Know what to do when lost in the woods. c. Identify two poisonous plants. d. Use good safety practices in all skills for Woodsman. |
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MAP AND COMPASS
a. Show that you know how read and follow a map. b. Make a simple sketch map of your campsite or other area. c. Show that you know to find direction by the stars. |
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NATURE STUDY
a. Read a good book on any area of nature study and use it in making your collection. b. Make a nature collection and label each item. |
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CONSERVATION
a. Participaite in a conservation project. b. Learn about the work of your state or federal conservation forestry services. services. |
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FUN AND WORSHIP
a. Teach your group an outdoor game. b. Plan a ceremony or campfire activity using songs, stories, games, drama or worship. |